Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 75

STATE TREASURER

DEDUCTIONS FOR HOSPITALIZATION INSURANCE

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE STATE TREASURER TO DEDUCT FROM THE SALARIES OF ANY PERSON PAID BY STATE CHECK UPON WRITTEN DIRECTION ANY SUM OF MONEY FOR HOSPITALIZATION INSURANCE AND TO PAY THE SAME TO ANY HOSPITAL AS SO DIRECTED.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. The State Treasurer shall be and is hereby authorized and empowered by the written directions received by him from any person, whose salary is paid by the State Treasurer by check, to deduct from the said salary or salaries of said persons such sum or sums of money as the said person shall in writing direct for Hospitalization Insurance and to pay such deducted sum or sums to any hospital as he shall be so directed, and it shall be the duty of the Auditor of Accounts to give approval thereto.

Section 2. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to make the State Treasurer, Auditor of Accounts, or any employee thereof liable in any manner whatsoever, other than for an accurate accounting of any monies so deducted, as such officers and their employees shall be deemed to be acting in so doing as a matter of courtesy and convenience for the person so directing the retention and payment of part of his salary as aforesaid.

Approved April 24, 1939.